Machine for cooling wagon-tires



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. W. X. RUP'P & H. RESSEG-ER; MAOHINE FOR COOLING WAGON TIRES.

No. 397,942. PatentedFeb. 19-, 1889.

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W. X. RUPP '& H. RESSEGER. MACHINE FOR GOOLINGWAGON TIRES.

No. 397,942. Patented Feb. 19. 1889.

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UNITE STATES PATENT ()FFI E.

WILLIAM X. RUPP AND HENRY RESSEGER, OF ELLA, VEST VIRGINIA.

MACHINEFOR COOLING WAGON-TIRES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,942, dated February 19, 1889.

.Application filed December 5, 1887. $erial No. 257,059. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, XVILLIAM X. RUPP and HENRY REssEGER, citizens of the United States, residing at Ella, in the county of Marshall and State'of West Virginia, have invented certain n -w and useful Improvements in Tire-Setters, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to cool the tire almost instantly after it is placed over the wheel, so that it will be prevented from burning or charrin g the felly. This object we accomplish by the use of the mechanism illus trated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of the wheelbench and the tank. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the underside of the tank. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the tank. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the wheel-bench and the supporting-frame therefor; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the complete device.

Referring to the drawings by letter, R designates the base of the device comprising the radiating arms m, having the socket F in their upper sides at their point of intersection and the legs or standards U at the ends of said arms. On the upper side of these arms, near the ends thereof, we mount the rollers \V upon which the tank is supported.

The wheel bench or frame B consists of a central flat ring with an opening, H, large enough to allow the hub of a wheel to pass through it and provided with the arms d. The said arms (Z extend radially from the central ring to the points 72 12, which are so situated that the diameter of the bench at the point where the wheel rests upon it is a little less than the inside diameter of the tank presently referred to. At the points a the arms d are made to take an upward direction to a point, 0, about on a level with the upper ends of the standards U, where they are bent laterally and extended to the standards, to which they are secured at V.

The tank P is secured upon a circular platform, A, and is provided with a central circular cup, S, which projects downward through a central opening, I, in the platform and is adapted to receive the lower end of the hub of the wheel when the tank is raised. A crosshead, X, is secured to the under side of the tank and passes beneath and across the lower end of the cup S, and a fulcrum-pin, C, depends from said cross-head and passes into the socket F in the base.

A series of inclined or wedge-shaped rails T are secured to the under side of the plat form A, and rest upon the rollers W, and a lever, L, is secured to the under side of the platform and project-s beyond the side of the sameto facilitate the rotation of the platform, whereby the rails will be moved over the rollers and the tank raised.

In practice the tank is filled with water and the wheel placed on the wheel bench or frame. The heated tire is placed around the wheel, and the lever L then grasped and turned in the proper direction to rotate the tank. As the tank and platform are rotated, the rails T will ride up over the rollers WV and the tank be thereby raised, as will. be readily understood.

It will be observed upon reference to Figs. 1 and 5 that the rim of the tank will pass up into the spaces between the standards and the vertical portions of the radial arms of the bench, so that the wheel will be completely immersed and the tire cooled throughout.

It is evident thatby our device the heated tire is cooled most rapidly and efficiently. The water is applied to all parts of the tire at once, so that unequal cooling of the different parts of the same and consequent buckling thereof will be prevented.

The central fulcrum-pin by engaging the central socket in the base prevents the tank moving laterally and thereby causing the rails to slip from the rollers. The tank is thus maintained at all times in proper position for operation.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the base having the central socket, F, the rollers mounted on the base, the tank, the pin depending from the tank and engaging the said socket, the inclined rails secured to the tank and bearing on the rollers, and the bench supported on the base and over the tank, as set forth.

2. The combination of the base having the arms being secured. to the standards and p1-o- 1o radial arms and the standards at the ends of vicled with ertieal portions ad jaeent to said the arms, the rollers 011 said arms; the vert-istai'idards, as peeified. eally-movable tank arranged over the arms, \VH TIUI Y 5 the inclined mile secured to the tank and ir T I FU bearing on the rollers, the lever secured to 1 J the tank; and projecting beyond the side of \Yitnesses:

E the same, and the bench arranged over the PETER MEEKER, Tank and having radial arms, The endsol said 1 TALBOTT BURou. 

